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Knox is distinctive for the range of faculty who have developed courses in various aspects of environmental studies. Knox faculty teaching in the program come from the disciplines of anthropology, biology, chemistry, economics, history, philosophy, psychology and sociology. Their academic interests are listed below, with additional information and e-mail contacts on each person's linked profile page.

Katherine A. Adelsberger, ChairThe Douglas and Maria Bayer Endowed Chair in Earth SciencePh.D., Washington University, 2008"As a field geologist I spend a lot of time digging holes and walking around in the desert; it's not real science if you're not getting dirty!"

Peter SchwartzmanAssociate Professor of Environmental StudiesPh.D., University of Virginia, 1997"I am dedicated to understanding how society can solve the multitude of challenges we face using existing innovative social and technological structures and knowledge."

Linda DybasWatson Bartlett Professor of BiologyDr. re. biol. hum., University of Ulm, Germany, 1976"I use fruit fly larvae for research on the effect of environmental stresses such as elevated temperature and dietary alcohols."

Lance FactorGeorge Appleton Lawrence Distinguished Service Professor of PhilosophyPh.D., University of Georgia, 1970"I take seriously the search for an environmental ethic that will treat animals and habitats as possessing significant worth."

Tim KasserProfessor of PsychologyPh.D., University of Rochester, 1994"My primary interest concerns people's values and goals, and how they relate to quality of life."

Frank McAndrewCornelia H. Dudley Professor of PsychologyPh.D., University of Maine, 1981"I am also interested in environmental psychology, which is the study of the relationship between people and their physical environments, both natural and human-made."

James MountjoyAssociate Professor of BiologyPh.D., McGill University, 1994"Function of song repertoires in Yellow-throated Vireos, including field work in Costa Rica on song variation in woodcreepers and song-sharing in White-breasted Wood-Wrens."

Richard StoutProfessor of EconomicsPh.D., Indiana University, 1984"My new interest is modeling oxygen uptake and maximal effort of cardiac patients participating in rehabilitation programs prescribed to restore as much cardiovascular function as possible."

Jon G. WagnerProfessor of Anthropology and SociologyPh.D., Indiana University, 1975"My present research interests converge on how we as a culture envision the development of social cooperation, from its beginnings in human evlution to the utopian experiments of the present and our pop-culture fantasies of the future."

Lawrence E. WelchProfessor of ChemistryPh.D., Iowa State University, 1988"My students and I have done a wide variety of experiments over the years, starting with electrochemistry and chromatography, but now moving more toward spectroscopy."

Mary CrawfordProfessor of ChemistryPh.D., Purdue University, 1999"My laboratory uses kinetic and mechanistic approaches to determine the products formed and the rate constants of reactions of the hydroxyl radical and the chlorine atom with various anthropogenic substances."

Konrad HamiltonAssociate Professor of HistoryPh.D., Stanford University, 1998"Most of my work focuses upon how social change movements create lasting political change. In environmental studies I am most interested in environmental justice."

Jennifer TempletonAssociate Professor of BiologyPh.D., Concordia University, 1993"The focus of my studies is on learning, memory, and foraging behavior, and involves experimental work in the field and lab."